Marissa shouldered her broom with a frustrated sigh. Footloose was over, which was both good and bad. She’d worked really hard on the choreography, and it had been such a fun show to do with Nick. It was his last show at Rocky Mountain International. They definitely killed it. She couldn’t imagine doing a show next year without him, but she was glad this one was over. It was one less thing to focus on at this point in the school year.

However, it was one less thing to focus on, and that was a problem. With one less thing to put her energy towards, that energy had to go somewhere, and today, it was going towards Danny Dubois. Or, well, the lack of Danny. He’d broken off their friends with benefits thing, which she worked really hard to understand. It wasn’t her fault that he was being an idiot. They both clearly liked each other. They had excellent chemistry. They didn’t even have to date or be anything official – she knew the pureblood thing was a problem for him – but Danny just wasn’t ready for that, and she had to respect it. It was frustrating and stupid and made her cry once, which was honestly just more annoying than sad, but she respected it.

She’d talked to Holland about it, and she’d talked to Rose. She hadn’t told either of them that it made her actually sad for a few reasons. She figured it’d pass with some time, since these were not normal Marissa feelings. Plus, she didn’t want it getting back to Danny, and she knew that Rose would make sure it got back to Danny in some less than pleasant ways.

Anyway, she had some extra time now, and she didn’t want to spend it having Weird Feelings and no one to take care of them. She and Holland had fixed the perm disaster, so her hair was its normal crazy instead of that monstrosity. Marissa was being extra careful with it though, so she avoided the pool. She’d already danced earlier that day, and she wanted some variety in her activity. That led her to throw on a grey tank top that read “World’s Okayest Runner”, some purple shorts, and some sneakers. She grabbed her broom, charmed her already existing makeup to stay no matter how much her freckled skin started to sweat, set her charmed iPod to shuffle through her Mind at WERK playlist, and made her way to the Pitch. She wasn’t sure if she was going to run or fly yet, but at least she knew where she was going.

She would have jogged to the Pitch, but jogging was awkward with a broom, so she just walked at a brisk pace. She bounced a little with each step, getting into the groove of her playlist, and hardly noticed when she made it to the Pitch. She set her broom down in the stands, deciding to run around to the music for a little bit before taking to the air. She didn’t realize she had company until she was actually staring at Camilla. Marissa blinked her green eyes and took out one of her earbuds so she could hear.

“Sorry, I missed all of that. Music,” she twirled the earbud around her finger. Camilla was possibly one of the reasons Danny broke things off with her. Marissa knew that they hooked up at the party, and then they continued to do some stuff after. She had a pretty neutral opinion of Camilla before, but she couldn’t help having a slightly negative opinion of her now. It wasn’t Camilla’s fault; she hadn’t really done anything to Marissa. It just…was a thing the red head needed to deal with. “What did you say?”

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“Thanks, me too,” Marissa sighed. Usually, she would have dealt with her feelings by dancing it out in her dorm room with Rose. Knowing her best friend, that would not have been the best idea right... more

“I need to pick up some things and then we are going to the movies,” she answered simply. Camilla had been okay with them not having their benefits anymore, Danny was just a distraction from who she... more

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The blonde was angry, but mostly Camilla was beyond sad. She couldn't really describe her feelings, but she was more than sure that they were Bad. It was combination of a lot of factors, and it... more

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The blonde listened as Marissa asked her if her outing with Danny was a date, but a smidge of realization passed through her mind as something told her that the redhead could have a crush on her... more